Polls 2013-14

[Jim Hyla]

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USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
January 27, 2014
Team      (First) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (44) 18- 2-4 994 1
2 Boston College ( 6) 18- 4-3 955 2
[b][u]3 Quinnipiac 18- 4-5 877 4
4 Union        16- 5-3 847 3[/u][/b]
5 St. Cloud State 13- 5-4 767 5
6 Ferris State 18- 6-3 737 6
7 Providence 15- 6-5 706 7
8 Massachusetts-Lowell 16- 7-2 660 8
9 Wisconsin 14- 7-1 536 9
10 Northeastern 15- 8-3 505 11
[b][u]11 Cornell        10- 4-5 495 12[/u][/b]
12 Michigan 12- 6-2 459 14
[b][u]13 Yale        10- 5-4 426 10[/u][/b]
14 Notre Dame 15- 9-1 361 15
[b][u]15 Clarkson 15- 9-2 275 13[/u][/b]
16 Denver        13- 8-5 224 16
17 North Dakota 13- 8-3 178 18
[b][u]18 Colgate        13- 9-3 147 NR[/u][/b]
19 Vermont        13- 9-3 138 17
20 Western Michigan 12- 8-4 104 19
Others receiving votes: Maine 43, Minnesota-Duluth 38, Bentley 7,
New Hampshire 7, Bowling Green 6, Air Force 3, Mercyhurst 2,
Minnesota State 1, Nebraska-Omaha 1, Ohio State 1.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/#ixzz2re8CR0Ve



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Rank School                Last Week
1. Minnesota,    (32) 508  1
2. Boston College,(2) 475  2
[b][u]3. Quinnipiac,        433 4
4. Union,             390 3[/u][/b]
5. St. Cloud State,   364 5
6. Ferris State,      346 6
7. Providence,        303 7
8. UMass Lowell,      296 8
9. Wisconsin,         216 9
10. Northeastern,      190 11
[b][u]11. Cornell,           171 12[/u][/b]
12. Michigan,          135 14
[b][u]13. Yale,              125 10[/u][/b]
14. Notre Dame,         75 15
[b][u]15. Clarkson,           26 13[/u][/b]

Others receiving votes: [b][u]Colgate, 16[/u][/b]; Denver, 13; North Dakota, 12;
Minnesota Duluth, 9; Bentley, 1; Minnesota State, 1; Vermont, 1; Western Michigan, 1.



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Men's Division I PairWise Rankings


Rank Team        PWR W-L-T Win % Win % Rank RPI  RPI Rank
1 Minnesota 58 18-2-4 .8217 1 .6143* 1
2 Boston College 57 18-4-3 .7951 2 .5997* 2
[b][u]3 Quinnipiac 56 18-4-5 .7598 3 .5747* 3[/u][/b]
[b][u]4t Union        54 16-5-3 .7258 4 .5699* 4[/u][/b]
4t Ferris State 54 18-6-3 .7444 5 .5664 5
6 St. Cloud State 53 13-5-4 .6695 6 .5640 6
7t Providence 51 15-6-5 .6786 8 .5593* 7
7t Northeastern 51 15-8-3 .6450 12 .5580* 8
9 Mass-Lowell 50 16-7-2 .6667 7 .5552* 9
10t Michigan 48 12-6-2 .6598 11 .5505 10
[b][u]10t Cornell        48 10-4-5 .6613 10 .5495 11[/u][/b]
12 Notre Dame 47 15-9-1 .5862 14 .5471* 12
13 Wisconsin 46 14-7-1 .6316 9 .5451 13
14t Minn-Duluth 44 10-9-3 .5219 30 .5410 14
[b][u]14t Colgate        44 13-9-3 .5692 22t .5397 15
16 Clarkson 43 15-9-2 .6240 15t .5367 16[/u][/b]

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/#ixzz2re9ZqOJX



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USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll
January 27, 2014
Team      (First) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (15) 24- 1-1 150 1
2 Wisconsin 21- 3-2 135 2
3 North Dakota 16- 5-3 106 3
[b][u]4 Clarkson 19- 4-3 96 6
5 Harvard        16- 2-2 93 5
6 Cornell        14- 3-4 78 4[/u][/b]
7 Boston College 18- 4-3 67 7
8 Robert Morris 20- 4-2 52 8
[b][u]9 Quinnipiac 16- 4-6 29 9[/u][/b]
10 Mercyhurst 15- 7-3 18 NR
Others receiving votes: Boston University 1.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-womens-poll/#ixzz2reABdyui



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Rank School            Last Week
1. Minnesota,     190   1
2. Wisconsin,     170 2
[b][u]3. Harvard,       123 5[/u][/b]
4. North Dakota,  122 4
[b][u]5. Clarkson,      115 6
6. Cornell,       108 3[/u][/b]
7. Boston College, 83 8
8. Robert Morris,  73 7
[b][u]9. Quinnipiac,     34 10[/u][/b]
10. Mercyhurst,     26 RV

Others receiving votes: Boston University, 1.



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Women's Division I PairWise Rankings

Rank Team       PWR W-L-T Win % Win % Rank RPI  RPI Rank
1 Minnesota 13 24-1-1 .0000 1 .6601* 1
2 Wisconsin 12 21-3-2 .0000 3 .6281* 2
[b][u]3 Harvard        11 16-2-2 .0000 2 .6160* 3
4 Cornell        10 14-3-4 .0000 8 .6065* 4
5 Clarkson 9 19-4-3 .0000 6 .6001* 5[/u][/b]
6 Robert Morris 8 20-4-2 .0000 4 .5929* 7
7 North Dakota 7 16-5-3 .0000 10 .5935* 6
8 Boston College 6 18-4-3 .0000 7 .5880* 8
9 Mercyhurst 5 15-7-3 .0000 11t .5479 10
[b][u]10 Quinnipiac 4 16-4-6 .0000 9 .5625* 9[/u][/b]
11 Boston Univ 3 16-8-1 .0000 11t .5447 11
12 Minn-Duluth 2 11-10-5 .0000 15 .5214 12
13 Syracuse 1 14-9-2 .0000 13 .5139 13
[b][u]14 Princeton 0 9-8-3 .0000 14 .5126 14[/u][/b]

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-women/#ixzz2reAX8fDV



[Robb]

Well, the polls will be interesting tomorrow.  The machinations of all the results jumped us from tied for 10 to #6 in the PWR (and with Union and Ferris each having just one more comparison win than we have).  I somehow doubt the pollsters will be quite as impressed by our two 1-goal wins (one in OT) over Yale and Brown. Yet, we are getting to the point in the season when the pollsters seem to keep an eye on the PWR , too...  I'm guessing we'll come in around #8 in the polls and only move up to #6 if we can hang there for another week.

[billhoward]

No losses in the new year (4-0-2) and ~9 games unbeaten. No January swoon this time around. Even if it's not true that we have a terrible January every year in the past, it has seemed that way.

[Josh '99]

No losses in the new year (4-0-2) and ~9 games unbeaten. No January swoon this time around. Even if it's not true that we have a terrible January every year in the past, it has seemed that way.

Didn't we address this last year?  No matter how much you keep repeating it, we don't have any kind of a tendency toward January swoons.

[Trotsky]

We're 9th in USCHO, back in the top ten for the first time since November 5, 2012 (who remembered we were actually 4th at any time last year?)

[Jim Hyla]

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  USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll
February 03, 2014
Team      (First) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (40) 19- 2-5 989 1
2 Boston College (10) 19- 4-3 959 2
[b][u]3 Quinnipiac 19- 4-5 897 3
4 Union        17- 6-3 798 4[/u][/b]
5 Ferris State 18- 6-3 758 6
6 St. Cloud State 14- 6-4 745 5
7 Massachusetts-Lowell 18- 7-2 738 8
8 Providence 15- 7-5 621 7
[b][u]9 Cornell        12- 4-5 602 11[/u][/b]
10 Michigan 13- 6-3 546 12
11 Northeastern 15- 8-3 528 10
12 Wisconsin 14- 8-2 460 9
[b][u]13 Yale        11- 6-4 342 13
14 Clarkson 16-10-2 291 15[/u][/b]
15 Denver        13- 8-5 278 16
16 North Dakota 13- 8-3 266 17
17 Minnesota-Duluth 12- 9-3 166 NR
18 Notre Dame 15-11-1 147 14
19 Vermont        13- 9-3 130 19
20 New Hampshire 16-13-1 120 NR
Others receiving votes: Maine 50, [b][u]Colgate 23[/u][/b], Ohio State 18, Mercyhurst 11,
 Air Force 6, Nebraska-Omaha 4, Western Michigan 4, Minnesota State 3.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-mens-poll/#ixzz2sJ0aHb13

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USA Men's Poll

Rank School             Last Week
1. Minnesota,     (27)503 1
2. Boston College, (7)481 2
[b][u]3. Quinnipiac,        444 3[/u][/b]
4. Ferris State,      360 6
5. St. Cloud State,   349 5
[b][u]6. Union,             344 4[/u][/b]
7. UMass Lowell,      335 8
[b][u]8. Cornell,           240 11[/u][/b]
9. Providence,        239 7
10. Michigan,          201 12
11. Northeastern,      188 10
12. Wisconsin,         151 9
[b][u]13. Yale,               72 13
14. Clarkson,           45 15[/u][/b]
15. Denver,             44 RV

Others receiving votes: Minnesota Duluth, 36; North Dakota, 25;
New Hampshire, 10; Notre Dame, 10; Mercyhurst, 1; Minnesota State, 1; Vermont, 1.



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Men's Division I PairWise Rankings

Rank Team        PWR W-L-T W Win % W Win % Rank RPI RPI Rank
1 Minnesota 58 19-2-5 .8105 1 .6089 1
2 Boston College 57 19-4-3 .8047 2 .6035* 2
[b][u]3 Quinnipiac 56 19-4-5 .7707 3 .5739* 3
4t Union        54 17-6-3 .7164 5 .5681* 4[/u][/b]
4t Ferris State 54 18-6-3 .7444 4 .5663* 5
[b][u]6 Cornell        53 12-4-5 .7000 7 .5640* 6[/u][/b]
7 Mass-Lowell 52 18-7-2 .6917 6 .5620* 7
8t Michigan 50 13-6-3 .6604 9 .5591 8
8t St. Cloud State 50 14-6-4 .6641 8 .5589* 9
10 Northeastern 49 15-8-3 .6450 11 .5560* 10
11t Providence 47 15-7-5 .6477 10 .5523* 11
11t Minn-Duluth 47 12-9-3 .5675 24t .5486 12
13 Wisconsin 46 14-8-2 .6058 12 .5432* 13
14 New Hampshire 45 16-13-1 .5374 27 .5374 14
15 North Dakota 44 13-8-3 .5983 16t .5366 15
16 Notre Dame 43 15-11-1 .5484 23 .5358* 16

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/#ixzz2sJ2DjuIb



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USCHO.com Division I Women's Poll
February 03, 2014
Team     (First) Record Points Last Poll
1 Minnesota (15) 26- 1-1 150 1
2 Wisconsin 21- 3-2 135 2
[b][u]3 Clarkson 21- 4-3 108 4[/u][/b]
4 North Dakota 16- 7-3 99 3
[b][u]5 Cornell        16- 3-4 84 6
5 Harvard        17- 2-3 84 5[/u][/b]
7 Boston College 19- 4-3 71 7
[b][u]8 Quinnipiac 17- 4-7 39 9[/u][/b]
9 Robert Morris 21- 5-2 35 8
10 Mercyhurst 17- 7-3 17 10
Others receiving votes: Boston University 1, Minnesota-Duluth 1, Northeastern 1.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/d-i-womens-poll/#ixzz2sJ3MZEIL



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USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll
February 4, 2014
Team              Points  (First) Last Poll Record
1 University of Minnesota 190 (19) 1 26-1-1
2 University of Wisconsin 171 2 21-3-2
[b][u]3 Clarkson University 134 5 21-4-3
4 Harvard University 116 3 17-2-3[/u][/b]
5 Univ of North Dakota 115 4 16-7-3
[b][u]6 Cornell University 111 6 16-3-4[/u][/b]
7 Boston College         89 7 19-4-3
8 Robert Morris Universit  48 8 21-5-2
[b][u]9 Quinnipiac University 43 9 17-4-7[/u][/b]
10 Mercyhurst University 21 10 17-7- 3
Others receiving votes: Boston University 4, University of Minnesota Duluth 2,
Northeastern University 1.

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/usa-today-womens/#ixzz2sOvWN2BD



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Women's Division I PairWise Rankings

Rank Team        PWR W-L-T   Win % Win % Rank  RPI RPI Rank
1 Minnesota 15 26-1-1 .0000 1 .6735* 1
2 Wisconsin 14 21-3-2 .0000 2 .6256* 2
[b][u]3 Harvard        13 17-2-3 .0000 3 .6142* 3
4 Cornell        12 16-3-4 .0000 8 .6111* 4
5 Clarkson 11 21-4-3 .0000 4 .6015* 5[/u][/b]
6 Robert Morris 10 21-5-2 .0000 7 .5794* 8
7 Boston College 9 19-4-3 .0000 6 .5877* 6
8t North Dakota 7 16-7-3 .0000 12 .5799* 7
8t Mercyhurst 7 17-7-3 .0000 10t .5575 10
8t Boston Univ 7 18-8-1 .0000 10t .5476 11
[b][u]11 Quinnipiac 5 17-4-7 .0000 9 .5629* 9[/u][/b]
12 Minn-Duluth 4 13-10-5 .0000 14 .5290 12
13 Ohio State 3 11-12-5 .0000 19 .5058 14
14 Syracuse 2 14-11-2 .0000 13 .5057 15
[b][u]15 Princeton 1 11-9-3 .0000 15 .5161 13[/u][/b]
16 Northeastern 0 12-12-2 .0000 17 .5021 16

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-women/#ixzz2sJ3g6ky9



[Jim Hyla]

Adam talks about some of the differences in the PWR can be caused by how you interpret the new rules.Bracket ABCs: Early Edition

I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's. Here's ater the Beanpot:

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USCHO:Men's Division I PairWise Rankings

Rank Team       PWR    W-L-T  Weighted Weighted RPI   RPI
                                       Win %  Win % Rank       Rank
1 Minnesota 58 19-2-5 .8105 1 .6089 1
2 Boston College 57 20-4-3 .8120 2 .6049* 2
[u][b]3 Quinnipiac 56 19-4-5 .7707 3 .5734* 3
4t Union        54 17-6-3 .7164 5 .5677* 4[/b][/u]
4t Ferris State 54 18-6-3 .7444 4 .5662* 5
[b][u]6 Cornell        53 12-4-5 .7000 7 .5637* 6[/u][/b]
7 Mass-Lowell 52 18-7-2 .6917 6 .5621* 7
8t Michigan 50 13-6-3 .6604 9 .5592 8
8t Northeastern 50 16-8-3 .6581 10t .5589* 9
10 St. Cloud State 49 14-6-4 .6641 8 .5588 10
11t Providence 47 15-7-5 .6477 10t .5526* 11
11t Minn-Duluth 47 12-9-3 .5675 24t .5487 12
13 Wisconsin 46 14-8-2 .6058 12 .5433* 13
14 New Hampshire 45 16-13-1 .5374 27 .5373 14
15 North Dakota 44 13-8-3 .5983 16t .5368 15
16 Notre Dame 43 15-11-1 .5484 23 .5360* 16

Read more: http://www.uscho.com/rankings/pairwise-rankings/d-i-men/#ixzz2sLxuHECD



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CHN

Rk Team        PCWs RPI Rk preRPI QWB-† W-L-T Win % Wgtd Win % - ‡
1 Minnesota 58 .6069 1 .5996 .0073 19-2-5 .8269 .8105
2 Boston College 57 .6029 2 .5955 .0074 20-4-3 .7963 .8120
[b][u]3 Quinnipiac 56 .5727 3 .5668 .0059 19-4-5 .7679 .7707
4 Union        54 .5669 4 .5605 .0065 17-6-3 .7115 .7164[/u][/b]
5 Ferris State 54 .5661 5 .5654 .0006 18-6-3 .7222 .7444
[b][u]6 Cornell        53 .5636 6 .5621 .0015 12-4-5 .6905 .7000[/u][/b]
7 St. Cloud State 52 .5606 7 .5563 .0043 14-6-4 .6667 .6641
8 Northeastern 51 .5602 8 .5542 .0060 16-8-3 .6481 .6581
9 Mass.-Lowell 50 .5598 9 .5551 .0047 18-7-2 .7037 .6917
10 Michigan 48 .5584 10 .5536 .0048 13-6-3 .6591 .6604
11 Providence 47 .5521 11 .5484 .0037 15-7-5 .6481 .6477
12 Minnesota-Dulut 47 .5488 12 .5441 .0047 12-9-3 .5625 .5675
13 Wisconsin 46 .5428 13 .5399 .0029 14-8-2 .6250 .6058
14 North Dakota 45 .5384 14 .5373 .0012 13-8-3 .6042 .5983
15 New Hampshire 44 .5366 16 .5319 .0047 16-13-1 .5500 .5374
16 Notre Dame 43 .5379 15 .5339 .0040 15-11-1 .5741 .5484


[ugarte]

... I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's.

Don't change anything but whenever I see the cut-off at 16 teams with an AQ falling way below the line, I always think "why isn't the cut-off at 15?"

[Jim Hyla]

... I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's.

Don't change anything but whenever I see the cut-off at 16 teams with an AQ falling way below the line, I always think "why isn't the cut-off at 15?"

You're correct, the #16 team is not going to make it.

[Trotsky]

... I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's.

Don't change anything but whenever I see the cut-off at 16 teams with an AQ falling way below the line, I always think "why isn't the cut-off at 15?"

You're correct, the #16 team is not going to make it.

And of course 15, 14, etc. will not make it if dark horses win the major conference tourneys.

[RichH]

I read through Adam's "Bracket ABC's" article and am still trying to calibrate myself to thinking in terms of the new selection criteria. Now that it's apparent that RPI is clearly the most significant influencing factor in determining comparisons, I'll pose the usual question about using KRACH. It feels like this is the closest we've ever been to making that switch now that the PWR comparisons have been so simplified.  Adam points out the very minor differences around the bubble between PWR and RPI rankings.

And since they want to give a road-win bonus, we can even use KASA (KRACH Adjusted for Site Advantage).

http://www.rpihockey.net/misc.rank1.shtml

[ugarte]

... I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's.

Don't change anything but whenever I see the cut-off at 16 teams with an AQ falling way below the line, I always think "why isn't the cut-off at 15?"

You're correct, the #16 team is not going to make it.

And of course 15, 14, etc. will not make it if dark horses win the major conference tourneys.

Sure, but that is more speculative. As it stands, no matter who wins the Atlantic, they bump Notre Dame.

[Trotsky]

... I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's.

Don't change anything but whenever I see the cut-off at 16 teams with an AQ falling way below the line, I always think "why isn't the cut-off at 15?"

You're correct, the #16 team is not going to make it.

And of course 15, 14, etc. will not make it if dark horses win the major conference tourneys.

Sure, but that is more speculative. As it stands, no matter who wins the Atlantic, they bump Notre Dame.

Of course.  Just saying there's no real magic number until it's all done, so truncating will always give somewhat of a false sense (not to mention that listing the next 4 or so teams gives an idea of who is a threat to overtake teams on the bubble).

None of this matters, since the links list everybody.

[Trotsky]

I read through Adam's "Bracket ABC's" article and am still trying to calibrate myself to thinking in terms of the new selection criteria. Now that it's apparent that RPI is clearly the most significant influencing factor in determining comparisons, I'll pose the usual question about using KRACH. It feels like this is the closest we've ever been to making that switch now that the PWR comparisons have been so simplified.  Adam points out the very minor differences around the bubble between PWR and RPI rankings.

And since they want to give a road-win bonus, we can even use KASA (KRACH Adjusted for Site Advantage).

http://www.rpihockey.net/misc.rank1.shtml

Who makes the determination?  Natural cynicism would suggest the NC$$ isn't up to the task of comparing metrics on rational grounds, but it does seem like there's been somebody with at least a couple functioning brain cells nudging them slowly towards reason.

[ugarte]

... I'll start posting both USCHO and CHN's.

Don't change anything but whenever I see the cut-off at 16 teams with an AQ falling way below the line, I always think "why isn't the cut-off at 15?"

You're correct, the #16 team is not going to make it.

And of course 15, 14, etc. will not make it if dark horses win the major conference tourneys.

Sure, but that is more speculative. As it stands, no matter who wins the Atlantic, they bump Notre Dame.

Of course.  Just saying there's no real magic number until it's all done, so truncating will always give somewhat of a false sense (not to mention that listing the next 4 or so teams gives an idea of who is a threat to overtake teams on the bubble).

None of this matters, since the links list everybody.

Agreed, I'm just saying they usually draw a line under 16, denoting the "cut", when the true cut is - at best - 15. That's why I made clear that I wasn't expecting Jim to do anything different, because I'm being exactly the kind of person that I usually roll my eyes at.